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“Our lives, though marred with sorrow and colored with grief, are made for flourishing, not death. We were made for use, for work and prayer and praise, not in isolation from grief but in the midst of it. In the hands of the Good Shepherd, pain can be transformed into purpose, life redeemed from the pit of despair. Even our grief need not be wasted.”

-Clarissa Moll ‘Out of the Darkness’

It’s truly every parent’s worst nightmare, yet it is our reality.

On March 6, 2022, our lives were completely shaken and turned upside down. Our two-year-old son, Wesley, had a fall and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was air flighted to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. We crumbled when the Doctors delivered Wesley’s poor prognosis.

After several days of various tests, our worst fears were confirmed: Wesley showed no signs of brain activity. Inwardly, we were completely shattered, however, our faith assured us that God heard our cry and truly answered our prayers…. In HIS way. He healed Wesley to a measure of healing beyond our comprehension. He assured us Wesley was truly free from any and all pain, and that he was able to make it home… A home not made with hands. A home greater than a home we can provide.

God gave Wesley beautiful and amazing opportunities. He gave him opportunities to change lives. He changed lives physically through the donation of his beautiful and viable organs, and he also changed lives spiritually. We like to say that he was the greatest two-year-old evangelist. Because of him, people increased their prayer life, focused on God, and reflected on the spiritual.

In the midst of this adversity, God is also giving us an opportunity. An opportunity to Praise Him in this storm, an opportunity to find purpose in our pain, and ultimately, an opportunity to remind ourselves of the brevity of life. In the weeks following Wesley’s move to heaven, we saw this video that put into words exactly how we were feeling. If watched with sincerity of heart, it will change your day-to-day life and completely shift your focus. Stop scrolling and CLICK HERE.

Our Takeaways:

Life is so short. Even if we are blessed to live a long life, it is still just a speck compared to eternity. We will miss our sweet Wesley boy every single second of every single day, but it is such a short amount of time compared to the ETERNITY we will spend together; thus, we must view trials through the lens of scripture.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 5:7

Additionally, how we live our lives on earth determines WHERE we spend our lives for eternity.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:24-27

We cannot hide from trials and difficulties in life. We do, however, have choices on how we will embrace them. We can choose to allow them to produce an emptiness of darkness and despair; or we can choose to praise God in the midst of these heavy storms of life. Friends, He is a God that is beyond worthy of our praise regardless of our circumstances.

As the song ‘Say I Won’t’ by Mercy Me says, we are determined to be “dancing when circumstances drown the music out”. It is a mental struggle everyday, and some days we don’t win the battle, but we will win the war. We will choose to serve God every day, praising Him for His promises, and will aspire to be prayerful and discerning as we learn to live with the heaviness of grief. We will trust that His ways are truly higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), we will thank Him for holding our sweet Wesley boy so tight, and we will long earnestly for the day when we can all be reunited again. What a day of rejoicing that will be!

“There’s a great day coming, a great day coming, there’s a great day coming by and by, when the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left, are you ready for that day to come?” This was Wesley’s favorite church song. I often chuckle at that. A song about the judgment day is an interesting favorite for a two-year-old, right? But we are so thankful it was his favorite. We watch videos on repeat of his sweet little voice singing “There’s a great day coming” and we cling to those words so tightly. We hear those words with full confidence that he knows just how great it really is, and we let it serve as a reminder to us. So yes, Wesley, there is a great day coming and we will live everyday in view of that day.

Friends, it is our fervent prayer that you will do the same. We love all of you and want it to be a great reunion for all of us someday when we reach that beautiful goal. “Are you ready for that day to come?” We pray you can have confidence and assurance of heaven through the study and obedience of God’s word. If this is what you desire, and you don’t know where to start, get your bible, watch this video, and with a sincere heart, evaluate your life in view of eternity.

“Our lives, though marred with sorrow and colored with grief, are made for flourishing, not death. We were made for use, for work and prayer and praise, not in isolation from grief but in the midst of it. In the hands of the Good Shepherd, pain can be transformed into purpose, life redeemed from the pit of despair. Even our grief need not be wasted.”

-Clarissa Moll ‘Out of the Darkness’

It’s truly every parent’s worst nightmare, yet it is our reality.

On March 6, 2022, our lives were completely shaken and turned upside down. Our two-year-old son, Wesley, had a fall and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was air flighted to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. We crumbled when the Doctors delivered Wesley’s poor prognosis.

After several days of various tests, our worst fears were confirmed: Wesley showed no signs of brain activity. Inwardly, we were completely shattered, however, our faith assured us that God heard our cry and truly answered our prayers…. In HIS way. He healed Wesley to a measure of healing beyond our comprehension. He assured us Wesley was truly free from any and all pain, and that he was able to make it home… A home not made with hands. A home greater than a home we can provide.

God gave Wesley beautiful and amazing opportunities. He gave him opportunities to change lives. He changed lives physically through the donation of his beautiful and viable organs, and he also changed lives spiritually. We like to say that he was the greatest two-year-old evangelist. Because of him, people increased their prayer life, focused on God, and reflected on the spiritual.

In the midst of this adversity, God is also giving us an opportunity. An opportunity to Praise Him in this storm, an opportunity to find purpose in our pain, and ultimately, an opportunity to remind ourselves of the brevity of life. In the weeks following Wesley’s move to heaven, we saw this video that put into words exactly how we were feeling. If watched with sincerity of heart, it will change your day-to-day life and completely shift your focus. Stop scrolling and CLICK HERE.

Our Takeaways:

Life is so short. Even if we are blessed to live a long life, it is still just a speck compared to eternity. We will miss our sweet Wesley boy every single second of every single day, but it is such a short amount of time compared to the ETERNITY we will spend together; thus, we must view trials through the lens of scripture.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 5:7

Additionally, how we live our lives on earth determines WHERE we spend our lives for eternity.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:24-27

We cannot hide from trials and difficulties in life. We do, however, have choices on how we will embrace them. We can choose to allow them to produce an emptiness of darkness and despair; or we can choose to praise God in the midst of these heavy storms of life. Friends, He is a God that is beyond worthy of our praise regardless of our circumstances.

As the song ‘Say I Won’t’ by Mercy Me says, we are determined to be “dancing when circumstances drown the music out”. It is a mental struggle everyday, and some days we don’t win the battle, but we will win the war. We will choose to serve God every day, praising Him for His promises, and will aspire to be prayerful and discerning as we learn to live with the heaviness of grief. We will trust that His ways are truly higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), we will thank Him for holding our sweet Wesley boy so tight, and we will long earnestly for the day when we can all be reunited again. What a day of rejoicing that will be!

“There’s a great day coming, a great day coming, there’s a great day coming by and by, when the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left, are you ready for that day to come?” This was Wesley’s favorite church song. I often chuckle at that. A song about the judgment day is an interesting favorite for a two-year-old, right? But we are so thankful it was his favorite. We watch videos on repeat of his sweet little voice singing “There’s a great day coming” and we cling to those words so tightly. We hear those words with full confidence that he knows just how great it really is, and we let it serve as a reminder to us. So yes, Wesley, there is a great day coming and we will live everyday in view of that day.

Friends, it is our fervent prayer that you will do the same. We love all of you and want it to be a great reunion for all of us someday when we reach that beautiful goal. “Are you ready for that day to come?” We pray you can have confidence and assurance of heaven through the study and obedience of God’s word. If this is what you desire, and you don’t know where to start, get your bible, watch this video, and with a sincere heart, evaluate your life in view of eternity.

“Our lives, though marred with sorrow and colored with grief, are made for flourishing, not death. We were made for use, for work and prayer and praise, not in isolation from grief but in the midst of it. In the hands of the Good Shepherd, pain can be transformed into purpose, life redeemed from the pit of despair. Even our grief need not be wasted.”

-Clarissa Moll ‘Out of the Darkness’

It’s truly every parent’s worst nightmare, yet it is our reality.

On March 6, 2022, our lives were completely shaken and turned upside down. Our two-year-old son, Wesley, had a fall and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was air flighted to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. We crumbled when the Doctors delivered Wesley’s poor prognosis.

After several days of various tests, our worst fears were confirmed: Wesley showed no signs of brain activity. Inwardly, we were completely shattered, however, our faith assured us that God heard our cry and truly answered our prayers…. In HIS way. He healed Wesley to a measure of healing beyond our comprehension. He assured us Wesley was truly free from any and all pain, and that he was able to make it home… A home not made with hands. A home greater than a home we can provide.

God gave Wesley beautiful and amazing opportunities. He gave him opportunities to change lives. He changed lives physically through the donation of his beautiful and viable organs, and he also changed lives spiritually. We like to say that he was the greatest two-year-old evangelist. Because of him, people increased their prayer life, focused on God, and reflected on the spiritual.

In the midst of this adversity, God is also giving us an opportunity. An opportunity to Praise Him in this storm, an opportunity to find purpose in our pain, and ultimately, an opportunity to remind ourselves of the brevity of life. In the weeks following Wesley’s move to heaven, we saw this video that put into words exactly how we were feeling. If watched with sincerity of heart, it will change your day-to-day life and completely shift your focus. Stop scrolling and CLICK HERE.

Our Takeaways:

Life is so short. Even if we are blessed to live a long life, it is still just a speck compared to eternity. We will miss our sweet Wesley boy every single second of every single day, but it is such a short amount of time compared to the ETERNITY we will spend together; thus, we must view trials through the lens of scripture.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 5:7

Additionally, how we live our lives on earth determines WHERE we spend our lives for eternity.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:24-27

We cannot hide from trials and difficulties in life. We do, however, have choices on how we will embrace them. We can choose to allow them to produce an emptiness of darkness and despair; or we can choose to praise God in the midst of these heavy storms of life. Friends, He is a God that is beyond worthy of our praise regardless of our circumstances.

As the song ‘Say I Won’t’ by Mercy Me says, we are determined to be “dancing when circumstances drown the music out”. It is a mental struggle everyday, and some days we don’t win the battle, but we will win the war. We will choose to serve God every day, praising Him for His promises, and will aspire to be prayerful and discerning as we learn to live with the heaviness of grief. We will trust that His ways are truly higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), we will thank Him for holding our sweet Wesley boy so tight, and we will long earnestly for the day when we can all be reunited again. What a day of rejoicing that will be!

“There’s a great day coming, a great day coming, there’s a great day coming by and by, when the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left, are you ready for that day to come?” This was Wesley’s favorite church song. I often chuckle at that. A song about the judgment day is an interesting favorite for a two-year-old, right? But we are so thankful it was his favorite. We watch videos on repeat of his sweet little voice singing “There’s a great day coming” and we cling to those words so tightly. We hear those words with full confidence that he knows just how great it really is, and we let it serve as a reminder to us. So yes, Wesley, there is a great day coming and we will live everyday in view of that day.

Friends, it is our fervent prayer that you will do the same. We love all of you and want it to be a great reunion for all of us someday when we reach that beautiful goal. “Are you ready for that day to come?” We pray you can have confidence and assurance of heaven through the study and obedience of God’s word. If this is what you desire, and you don’t know where to start, get your bible, watch this video, and with a sincere heart, evaluate your life in view of eternity.

“Our lives, though marred with sorrow and colored with grief, are made for flourishing, not death. We were made for use, for work and prayer and praise, not in isolation from grief but in the midst of it. In the hands of the Good Shepherd, pain can be transformed into purpose, life redeemed from the pit of despair. Even our grief need not be wasted.”

-Clarissa Moll ‘Out of the Darkness’

It’s truly every parent’s worst nightmare, yet it is our reality.

On March 6, 2022, our lives were completely shaken and turned upside down. Our two-year-old son, Wesley, had a fall and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was air flighted to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. We crumbled when the Doctors delivered Wesley’s poor prognosis.

After several days of various tests, our worst fears were confirmed: Wesley showed no signs of brain activity. Inwardly, we were completely shattered, however, our faith assured us that God heard our cry and truly answered our prayers…. In HIS way. He healed Wesley to a measure of healing beyond our comprehension. He assured us Wesley was truly free from any and all pain, and that he was able to make it home… A home not made with hands. A home greater than a home we can provide.

God gave Wesley beautiful and amazing opportunities. He gave him opportunities to change lives. He changed lives physically through the donation of his beautiful and viable organs, and he also changed lives spiritually. We like to say that he was the greatest two-year-old evangelist. Because of him, people increased their prayer life, focused on God, and reflected on the spiritual.

In the midst of this adversity, God is also giving us an opportunity. An opportunity to Praise Him in this storm, an opportunity to find purpose in our pain, and ultimately, an opportunity to remind ourselves of the brevity of life. In the weeks following Wesley’s move to heaven, we saw this video that put into words exactly how we were feeling. If watched with sincerity of heart, it will change your day-to-day life and completely shift your focus. Stop scrolling and CLICK HERE.

Our Takeaways:

Life is so short. Even if we are blessed to live a long life, it is still just a speck compared to eternity. We will miss our sweet Wesley boy every single second of every single day, but it is such a short amount of time compared to the ETERNITY we will spend together; thus, we must view trials through the lens of scripture.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 5:7

Additionally, how we live our lives on earth determines WHERE we spend our lives for eternity.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:24-27

We cannot hide from trials and difficulties in life. We do, however, have choices on how we will embrace them. We can choose to allow them to produce an emptiness of darkness and despair; or we can choose to praise God in the midst of these heavy storms of life. Friends, He is a God that is beyond worthy of our praise regardless of our circumstances.

As the song ‘Say I Won’t’ by Mercy Me says, we are determined to be “dancing when circumstances drown the music out”. It is a mental struggle everyday, and some days we don’t win the battle, but we will win the war. We will choose to serve God every day, praising Him for His promises, and will aspire to be prayerful and discerning as we learn to live with the heaviness of grief. We will trust that His ways are truly higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), we will thank Him for holding our sweet Wesley boy so tight, and we will long earnestly for the day when we can all be reunited again. What a day of rejoicing that will be!

“There’s a great day coming, a great day coming, there’s a great day coming by and by, when the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left, are you ready for that day to come?” This was Wesley’s favorite church song. I often chuckle at that. A song about the judgment day is an interesting favorite for a two-year-old, right? But we are so thankful it was his favorite. We watch videos on repeat of his sweet little voice singing “There’s a great day coming” and we cling to those words so tightly. We hear those words with full confidence that he knows just how great it really is, and we let it serve as a reminder to us. So yes, Wesley, there is a great day coming and we will live everyday in view of that day.

Friends, it is our fervent prayer that you will do the same. We love all of you and want it to be a great reunion for all of us someday when we reach that beautiful goal. “Are you ready for that day to come?” We pray you can have confidence and assurance of heaven through the study and obedience of God’s word. If this is what you desire, and you don’t know where to start, get your bible, watch this video, and with a sincere heart, evaluate your life in view of eternity.

“Our lives, though marred with sorrow and colored with grief, are made for flourishing, not death. We were made for use, for work and prayer and praise, not in isolation from grief but in the midst of it. In the hands of the Good Shepherd, pain can be transformed into purpose, life redeemed from the pit of despair. Even our grief need not be wasted.”

-Clarissa Moll ‘Out of the Darkness’

It’s truly every parent’s worst nightmare, yet it is our reality.

On March 6, 2022, our lives were completely shaken and turned upside down. Our two-year-old son, Wesley, had a fall and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was air flighted to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. We crumbled when the Doctors delivered Wesley’s poor prognosis.

After several days of various tests, our worst fears were confirmed: Wesley showed no signs of brain activity. Inwardly, we were completely shattered, however, our faith assured us that God heard our cry and truly answered our prayers…. In HIS way. He healed Wesley to a measure of healing beyond our comprehension. He assured us Wesley was truly free from any and all pain, and that he was able to make it home… A home not made with hands. A home greater than a home we can provide.

God gave Wesley beautiful and amazing opportunities. He gave him opportunities to change lives. He changed lives physically through the donation of his beautiful and viable organs, and he also changed lives spiritually. We like to say that he was the greatest two-year-old evangelist. Because of him, people increased their prayer life, focused on God, and reflected on the spiritual.

In the midst of this adversity, God is also giving us an opportunity. An opportunity to Praise Him in this storm, an opportunity to find purpose in our pain, and ultimately, an opportunity to remind ourselves of the brevity of life. In the weeks following Wesley’s move to heaven, we saw this video that put into words exactly how we were feeling. If watched with sincerity of heart, it will change your day-to-day life and completely shift your focus. Stop scrolling and CLICK HERE.

Our Takeaways:

Life is so short. Even if we are blessed to live a long life, it is still just a speck compared to eternity. We will miss our sweet Wesley boy every single second of every single day, but it is such a short amount of time compared to the ETERNITY we will spend together; thus, we must view trials through the lens of scripture.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 5:7

Additionally, how we live our lives on earth determines WHERE we spend our lives for eternity.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:24-27

We cannot hide from trials and difficulties in life. We do, however, have choices on how we will embrace them. We can choose to allow them to produce an emptiness of darkness and despair; or we can choose to praise God in the midst of these heavy storms of life. Friends, He is a God that is beyond worthy of our praise regardless of our circumstances.

As the song ‘Say I Won’t’ by Mercy Me says, we are determined to be “dancing when circumstances drown the music out”. It is a mental struggle everyday, and some days we don’t win the battle, but we will win the war. We will choose to serve God every day, praising Him for His promises, and will aspire to be prayerful and discerning as we learn to live with the heaviness of grief. We will trust that His ways are truly higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), we will thank Him for holding our sweet Wesley boy so tight, and we will long earnestly for the day when we can all be reunited again. What a day of rejoicing that will be!

“There’s a great day coming, a great day coming, there’s a great day coming by and by, when the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left, are you ready for that day to come?” This was Wesley’s favorite church song. I often chuckle at that. A song about the judgment day is an interesting favorite for a two-year-old, right? But we are so thankful it was his favorite. We watch videos on repeat of his sweet little voice singing “There’s a great day coming” and we cling to those words so tightly. We hear those words with full confidence that he knows just how great it really is, and we let it serve as a reminder to us. So yes, Wesley, there is a great day coming and we will live everyday in view of that day.

Friends, it is our fervent prayer that you will do the same. We love all of you and want it to be a great reunion for all of us someday when we reach that beautiful goal. “Are you ready for that day to come?” We pray you can have confidence and assurance of heaven through the study and obedience of God’s word. If this is what you desire, and you don’t know where to start, get your bible, watch this video, and with a sincere heart, evaluate your life in view of eternity.

“Our lives, though marred with sorrow and colored with grief, are made for flourishing, not death. We were made for use, for work and prayer and praise, not in isolation from grief but in the midst of it. In the hands of the Good Shepherd, pain can be transformed into purpose, life redeemed from the pit of despair. Even our grief need not be wasted.”

-Clarissa Moll ‘Out of the Darkness’

It’s truly every parent’s worst nightmare, yet it is our reality.

On March 6, 2022, our lives were completely shaken and turned upside down. Our two-year-old son, Wesley, had a fall and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was air flighted to Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas. We crumbled when the Doctors delivered Wesley’s poor prognosis.

After several days of various tests, our worst fears were confirmed: Wesley showed no signs of brain activity. Inwardly, we were completely shattered, however, our faith assured us that God heard our cry and truly answered our prayers…. In HIS way. He healed Wesley to a measure of healing beyond our comprehension. He assured us Wesley was truly free from any and all pain, and that he was able to make it home… A home not made with hands. A home greater than a home we can provide.

God gave Wesley beautiful and amazing opportunities. He gave him opportunities to change lives. He changed lives physically through the donation of his beautiful and viable organs, and he also changed lives spiritually. We like to say that he was the greatest two-year-old evangelist. Because of him, people increased their prayer life, focused on God, and reflected on the spiritual.

In the midst of this adversity, God is also giving us an opportunity. An opportunity to Praise Him in this storm, an opportunity to find purpose in our pain, and ultimately, an opportunity to remind ourselves of the brevity of life. In the weeks following Wesley’s move to heaven, we saw this video that put into words exactly how we were feeling. If watched with sincerity of heart, it will change your day-to-day life and completely shift your focus. Stop scrolling and CLICK HERE.

Our Takeaways:

Life is so short. Even if we are blessed to live a long life, it is still just a speck compared to eternity. We will miss our sweet Wesley boy every single second of every single day, but it is such a short amount of time compared to the ETERNITY we will spend together; thus, we must view trials through the lens of scripture.

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I Peter 5:7

Additionally, how we live our lives on earth determines WHERE we spend our lives for eternity.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Matthew 7:24-27

We cannot hide from trials and difficulties in life. We do, however, have choices on how we will embrace them. We can choose to allow them to produce an emptiness of darkness and despair; or we can choose to praise God in the midst of these heavy storms of life. Friends, He is a God that is beyond worthy of our praise regardless of our circumstances.

As the song ‘Say I Won’t’ by Mercy Me says, we are determined to be “dancing when circumstances drown the music out”. It is a mental struggle everyday, and some days we don’t win the battle, but we will win the war. We will choose to serve God every day, praising Him for His promises, and will aspire to be prayerful and discerning as we learn to live with the heaviness of grief. We will trust that His ways are truly higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), we will thank Him for holding our sweet Wesley boy so tight, and we will long earnestly for the day when we can all be reunited again. What a day of rejoicing that will be!

“There’s a great day coming, a great day coming, there’s a great day coming by and by, when the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left, are you ready for that day to come?” This was Wesley’s favorite church song. I often chuckle at that. A song about the judgment day is an interesting favorite for a two-year-old, right? But we are so thankful it was his favorite. We watch videos on repeat of his sweet little voice singing “There’s a great day coming” and we cling to those words so tightly. We hear those words with full confidence that he knows just how great it really is, and we let it serve as a reminder to us. So yes, Wesley, there is a great day coming and we will live everyday in view of that day.

Friends, it is our fervent prayer that you will do the same. We love all of you and want it to be a great reunion for all of us someday when we reach that beautiful goal. “Are you ready for that day to come?” We pray you can have confidence and assurance of heaven through the study and obedience of God’s word. If this is what you desire, and you don’t know where to start, get your bible, watch this video, and with a sincere heart, evaluate your life in view of eternity.